Search

View from Above The weather has been good and we were ahead of schedule, so we decided to take a morning off to take a gondola ride up the Eggishorn Mountain. From there we would be able to see some amazing views of the Aletsch Glacier, the largest glacier in Europe. It took two gondola rides to

...is this your first visit to my journal? Start on Day 1! Don't worry, we'll wait till you get back. --- I know you've all be anxiously waiting for the answers to the quiz! Here we go: Permafrost is a subsurface layer

Conquering the Beast Giving up is not something I like to do, and failure is something that usually haunts me for extended periods of time. But today I had to say I couldn’t do it. Usser Tal was just too much for my body and especially my lungs to handle coming off of being sick. This beast of a

So many things to see Today is our last full day in Switzerland, as we all board fights early tomorrow morning to head back to the States. We are all sad as we pack up our stuff at our rented house in the mountains and head back to Zurich. None of us is particularly looking forward to getting back

So now that we've covered WHY I'm in the Arctic, let's talk a little bit more about WHERE I'll be going on my expedition. Over the next four weeks I will covering a LOT of ground. I'll begin in the northernmost city in the United States, Utqiaġvik (formerly know as Barrow) working with Dr

Our New Digs Many people asked me before I left where we would be staying or if we would be camping. No camping for us on this trip, and due to the high cost of living in Switzerland, no hotels either. What made the most sense in terms of cost and to have enough space for the equipment, etc. was

Guest Blogger Please welcome one of the Sliding Glaciers team members, and my roommate for the trip, as a guest blogger today. I asked her if she would be willing to talk about her role as the team meal planner. I think I speak for the whole team that after a long day in the field, we are all

Before we get too far into this expedition, let's start with some basics. I know many of you are probably wondering... What in the world is a HISTORY teacher doing hanging out in the Arctic with permafrost SCIENTISTS? If you had told me years ago that I'd be heading up to Northern Alaska to